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OF KEEPING THE BODY IN HEALTH. 



Every one who is attending contagious fevers, can- 

 not be too careful to keep all his secreting organs 

 in a state of healthy activity. The bowels, the 

 kidneys, the skin, should act freely. He should 

 be out in the open air for at least three hours out of 

 the twenty-four, should have plenty of good food at 

 regular hours, a moderate allowance of stimulants 

 (four ounces of port or sherry), if he takes sti- 

 mulants habitually, and should have rather more' 

 sleep than he takes ordinarily. Such points should 

 be carefully borne in mind by all who nurse the 

 sick. And those who engage nurses should have 

 their attention directed to the importance of making 

 such arrangements as will permit these sugges- 

 tions being carried into practice. It is conceivable 

 that a population might exist among whom fatal 

 contagious disease would not spread even if it were 

 introduced, but there is, I fear, little hope" that these 

 terrible maladies will be extirpated, their germs de- 

 stroyed, or even the development of new ones pre- 

 vented, during the life- time of any one now living. 

 It is, therefore, necessary to consider how the medical 

 treatment of those attacked should be conducted, in 

 order to afford the best prospects of recovery. 



